Today marks two years since the official reveal of Kingdom Hearts IV, and while Square Enix hasn’t shared any news about the game, fans of the series can celebrate with a new recording of the franchise’s best song by Hikaru Utada. As pointed out on X (formerly Twitter) by Genki_JPN, Utada’s new Science Fiction album, which they released yesterday, features a re-recording of “Hikari,” the Japanese version of “Simple and Clean.”
If you’re a Kingdom Hearts fan, you likely already know which song this is. However, if you haven’t touched the series in a while, or if you’ve never played the beginning of Kingdom Hearts, it’s the Japanese version of the song in this famous game opener below:
As for the new recording of “Hikari,” its place on Science Fiction makes sense because its Utada’s first greatest hits album, if you will, meant to act as a compilation with new mixes of old songs, re-recordings of fan-favorite tracks, and more. You can listen to the album, which features 26 tracks, starting today.
If you’re interested in hearing the new recording of “Hikari,” you can listen below:
For more about Kingdom Hearts, watch the Kingdom Hearts IV trailer here, and then check out Game Informer’s Kingdom Hearts III review. After that, read Game Informer’s exclusive interview with Kingdom Hearts IV director Tetsuya Nomura for new details.
What’s your favorite Hikaru Utada track from the Kingdom Hearts series? Let us know in the comments below!
